Method means primarily a way or path of transit. From this we are to understand that the first idea of method is a progressive transition from one step to another in any course. If in the right course, it will be the true method; if in the wrong, we cannot hope to progress.
Samuel Taylor ColeridgeHe went like one that hath been stunn'd, And is of sense forlorn: A sadder and a wiser man He rose the morrow morn.
Samuel Taylor ColeridgeHe holds him with his glittering eye, And listens like a three years' child.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge